Toronja

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for May 18, 2009

toronja (feminine noun (la)) — grapefruit. Look up toronja in the dictionary

Me gusta desayunar toronja con azúcar.
I like to eat grapefruit with sugar for breakfast.

[Ambarina]

toronja = pomelo

[laepelba]

No puedo beber (tomar?) jugo de toronja, naranja, o piña. Ellos molestan mi estómago.

(Can someone check the dictionary's conjugations for "molestar"? I think they may be incorrect.....)

[Ambarina]

Originally Posted by laepelba

No puedo beber (tomar?) jugo de toronja, naranja, o piña. Ellos molestan mi estómago.

(Can someone check the dictionary's conjugations for "molestar"? I think they may be incorrect.....)

Yes, they are.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Lou Ann: You can also say "me lastiman el estómago", "me hacen daño al estómago", "me irritan el estómago" (the one I'd choose).

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by laepelba

(Can someone check the dictionary's conjugations for "molestar"? I think they may be incorrect.....)

Thank you. Fixed. http://www.tomisimo.org/conjugate/molestar

[irmamar]

Yes, in Spain we say "pomelo", instead of "taronja". But this word reminds me the Cataloniand word for "orange", this is "taronja". The Catalonian word for "toronja" / "pomelo" is "aranja. "Arancia" is the italian word for "orange".

I like to find connections between words. This is a good way of learning languages, too.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

@Lou Ann: You can also say "me lastiman el estómago", "me hacen daño al estómago", "me irritan el estómago" (the one I'd choose).

Thanks - I like the "irritan" better than the "molestan". By the way - would you choose "beber" or "tomar"?

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Thanks - I like the "irritan" better than the "molestan". By the way - would you choose "beber" or "tomar"?

Pregunta buena, Lou Ann.. Espero que él dirá

Beber - to drink
tomar - to take

Personalmente, usaría "beber" pero soy un gringo

[laepelba]

Nosotros somos gringos, los dos! Se usa "tomar" por "to drink", tambien. Yo no sé cuál es mejor en la oración.

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Nosotros somos gringos, los dos! Se usa "tomar" por "to drink", tambien. Yo no sé cuál es mejor en la oración.

¡Ah! Siempre nosotros gringos tratábamos de mezcla en con los nativos, pero siempre saben somos gringos, nuestros esfuerzos son en vana jeje

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Thanks - I like the "irritan" better than the "molestan". By the way - would you choose "beber" or "tomar"?

Both will be alright. "Beber" sounds more "educated" and "tomar" is a little more popular.

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

Both will be alright. "Beber" sounds more "educated" and "tomar" is a little more popular.

Es incorrecto decir, "Me duele el estómago porque bebé muchas aguas residuales" ¡Ciertamente, tonto, pero es gramatica correcta?

jeje gracias

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

¡¡Aguas residuales!! *yuck!!*

But "Me duele el estómago porque bebí muchas aguas residuales" would be grammatically correct.

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

¡¡Aguas residuales!! *yuck!!*

But "Me duele el estómago porque bebí muchas aguas residuales" would be grammatically correct.

Maldición (curse?) la persona que inventó estes conjugaciónes jeje

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Too many people to be cursed then... your sentence could be like:

"Maldición a la persona que inventó estas conjugaciones."

"Maldita sea la persona que inventó estas conjugaciones." Although this sentence is too strong.

Maybe I would say "¿quién diablos inventó estas conjugaciones?", which means more or less "who on earth invented this conjugations?"

Let me again recommend you use a manual for conjugation... rules will be clearer and you'll learn to do it yourself and feel when a conjugation is more appropriate for each kind of verb.

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

Too many people to be cursed then... your sentence could be like:

"Maldición a la persona que inventó estas conjugaciones."

"Maldita sea la persona que inventó estas conjugaciones." Although this sentence is too strong.

Maybe I would say "¿quién diablos inventó estas conjugaciones?", which means more or less "who on earth invented this conjugations?"

Let me again recommend you use a manual for conjugation... rules will be clearer and you'll learn to do it yourself and feel when a conjugation is more appropriate for each kind of verb.

Sí gracias, he comprado este libre.


Estoy feliz lo que compré

Lo me ayuda mucho en estes dos meses

¿Cómo se dice, "Thank you again"? Una vez gracias?

gracias

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by bobjenkins

Sí, gracias. He comprado este libro.

Estoy feliz que lo comprara. (Lo is a direct object pronoun, used instead of libro. It agrees in number and gender with the direct object it replaces (libro). Subjunctive must be used when expressing emotion.)

Lo me ha ayudado mucho en estos dos meses. (Lo is not a subject pronoun. The subject pronoun 'it' is usually omitted when the third-person ending is used (ha), but you could use él (must agree in number and gender with the subject the pronoun replaces (libro): él me ha ayudado mucho.)

¿Cómo se dice, "Thank you again"? Una vez gracias?

Gracias, de nuevo. -o- Gracias, otra vez.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by bobjenkins

Sí gracias, he comprado este libro.
[...]

I've checked that Barron's and I hope you'll find it useful, although I think these kinds of books are the same as searching for a conjugation in internet.
There are some manuals that help you associate kinds of verbs and their conjugation, which makes your mind build them by yourself after regular use.
I found one of these in Amazon. It's all in Spanish, but it's not hard to understand: Conjugación Lengua Española. Larousse.